This Dad Takes Nightmarish Horror Photos Starring His Own Daughters

Skilled photographer and horror aficionado Joshua Hoffine is the proud father of five daughters, all of whom will almost certainly grow up to be horror aficionados. That is, if they aren't already. Hoffine uses his daughters to create terrifying portraits, carefully placing them into the caresses of spider infested mummies, or within arm's reach of clawed clowns (a premise a little too real right now, perhaps).

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"We are all born with certain inherent and instinctual fears, such as fear of the dark," Hoffine explains on his website. "The images stress danger, and depict a world where innocence and safety are under constant threat." No kidding.

The girls, for their part, seem completely game, which makes them a far stretch braver than most.

Joshua Hoffine 2016

Joshua Hoffine 2016

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Joshua Hoffine 2016

Joshua Hoffine 2016

Joshua Hoffine 2016

Joshua Hoffine 2016

Hoffine, continuing the tradition of extreme father-daughter bonding, also made a movie with one of his daughters, which for a short, homemade production starring an untested actress is damn chilling. Check it his full gallery here.